Two politicians shot dead allegedly by Maoists in Visakhapatnam

VISAKAPATNAM, SEPTEMBER 23RD

In the first major attack in many years in Andhra Pradesh, the outlawed CPI (Maoists) on Sunday shot dead a sitting MLA and a former MLA, both from the ruling TDP, in Araku area in Visakapatnam district.

The incident occurred at Lippitiputta village under Dambriguda mandal when Araku sitting MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former MLA Siveri Soma went to take part in a ‘grama darsini’ (village visit) programme.